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Diesel with the Volvo XC60 is more affordable thanks to the advent of the D3 engine. Simultaneously, the D4 version of the XC60 more energy efficient

the program of the Volvo XC60 diesel starts now at a starting price of € 45.995, -. For this money you buy the XC60 to debut D3 136 hp strong engine. That sounds low for a relatively large car like the XC60, but thanks to a torque of 350 Nm, the Swedish Crossover still nice being able to work.

D4 environmentally friendly
if average consumption for the D3 is 5.3 l/100 km at an emission of 139 g / km specified, values that are equal to the refined simultaneously with the D4 Volvo introduces new entry-level diesel. By its nature knows the XC60 D4 now a starting price of € 47.995, Strength is 163 hp and 400 Nm for hands. Who stopped abruptly from the accelerator accelerates in 10.3 seconds to 100 km / h. The top speed is exactly 200 km / h.

Volvo S80 puts the spotlight as a Limited Edition. Twenty percent aggregation only Volvo was not enough. The Swedish brand delivers the S80 D4 thus as richly equipped Limited Edition. The special version is also available with gasoline, but it does not benefit from a lower addition.

Volvo equips the S80 Limited Edition with lots of options that the comfort and safety of the car increase. Standard safety features include dual Xenon headlights with adaptive cornering lights, rain sensor, headlamp cleaning system and Park Assist Rear. In addition, the Swede on additional equipment like a navigation system with hard disk and voice and steering wheel controls and the High Performance Multimedia system that a 7-inch color screen, a DVD player, eight speakers, a USB port and Bluetooth audio streaming covers. Also assembles the manufacturer standard leather upholstery and heated front seats in the luxury S80.

20 percent aggregation
Volvo S80 delivers the Limited Edition as T4 with a 180 hp turbo engine and D4 as a five-cylinder turbo diesel engine with 163 horsepower. The latter is so efficient that the model has about 20% addition. Both engines are also combined with a standard six-speed manual, but can optionally be connected to an automatic. In the case of the T4 is that the Power Shift dual clutch transmission and the D4 assemble the Volvo Geartronic transmission. The surcharge amounts to € 2.800, - and € 3.300, -.

Immediately to order
the prices of the Volvo S80 Limited Edition are available for a minimum of € 41.995, - for the T4 and from € 43.995, - for the D4. The implementation is available immediately for order.

Farm accidents in the monument, which killed nine people, are still leaving bitter memories for residents, especially families of the victims. Related to that, the car company Volvo to develop new features to an output newest car, the Volvo V40. Pedestrian airbag feature is located on the windshield. So that was reported by Autoblog, Saturday (10/3).


This feature allows you to reduce the risk of more severe impact on victims. And, of course, with a pedestrian airbag is less likely to get hit badly injured.

In addition, the V40 is equipped with pedestrian detection system, so the car can detect pedestrians around the car. More sophisticated, while the driver is not alert to halt, with this system, the car will automatically stop it. In the event of an attack on the pedestrian though, airbags will inflate automatically to protect the head when the victim hit the windshield.

Volvo spokesman said, the feature is a step to create a road safety. Volvo also hopes this new innovation immediately applied in Europe and worldwide.

With this trajectory, Volvo comes the launch of its latest model, the Volvo V40, replacement of existing S40 and V50, besides making design and architectural concept in the security paradigm, with the addition of a whole series of catalog electronic driving aids and a world first, the premiere of the first airbag to pedestrians.

In any version of this system is present in the case of a violation desirable never fired a pyrotechnic air bag deployment emerging from the top of the hood to cover the hardest parts around the windshield.

The air bag is inflated almost simultaneously acting device which lifts the engine hood to prevent the pedestrian receives the impact of the upper motor.

This system is to subtract severity of injury in an accident, but it may not be necessary, because the Volvo V40 also incorporates a new pedestrian detection with full auto brake.

The pedestrian detection with automatic braking, not available anywhere else V40 car segment, is based on a radar integrated into the grill of the vehicle, shared by other vehicle safety systems, and a camera in front of the inside rearview mirror and a central control unit.

The radar's task is to detect any pedestrians or vehicles in front of the car while it calculates the distance between them, and the camera determines what type of object it is. Detects pedestrians than 80 inches high, minimum.

The system, in an emergency, sends the driver an audible warning together with a flashing light that appears on the windshield, and if the driver does not react to the warning and impact is imminent the device directs all braking power up to the car, where the situation is less than 35 km / h. If the speed is higher, the system will break the car every effort to mitigate the impact.

The criterion is the same for the anti collision system City Safety urban, and premiered at the XC60, but in this case to avoid scope improved faster, up to 50 km / h (prior to 30 km / h).

The Volvo equipped with City Safety are involved in approximately 20% fewer accidents than cars with rear automatic braking.

And this system, like the rest of the board, makes a generation Volvo such as the V40, reduces up to 50% the chance of getting hurt in an incident.

This conclusion is proven by the extensive database of traffic accidents handled by the technical department of the company that inspects every crash that involving a Volvo. This result was reached after analysis of data collected since 2000.

Volvo says the V40 is the most intelligent and secure vehicle in its history, complete with a long list of driving aids, such as adaptive cruise control and distance control, the warning system touch lane change, assist device for parking, traffic sign recognition, active high beams and a radar system in the cross traffic alert rear cars approaching from either side of the car in gear maneuvers back.

Besides security paradigm, the Volvo V40 is a weapon full of arguments to meet the high-end models in the compact segment.

A powerful argument is the design, with which the mark is capable of hybridizing a traditional concept like sedans three bodies and four doors, the familiar format "station wagon" and the five-door compact car.

The design is an extension of characterizing the XC60 and V60, but with some of its features even more pronounced, especially those that define the shape front and shoulders and the backplane.

The lines on the hood, the shape of the headlamps and its location at the ends, enhances the car's width and mark the beginning of the character line that draws a silhouette that goes low to high, giving a cut to coupe Fig.

In the rear property line is the highest plane crash, to the waist line, to fall from there vertically. In that line of intersection of the two backplanes is very pronounced curvature of the shoulders, accentuated by the stroke of the rear lights, more pronounced than the range of 60.

The interior bears the unmistakable signature of Volvo. The seats, for one, can be classified as the best in the segment. Ergonomics is very similar to all models of the brand. They are an unmistakable signature in Volvo and its great virtue is to treat the position like no other, especially the back.

Inside The big news is the new instrument panel, which is the hallmark of being virtual. The instrument panel is based on a glass screen which is a TFT active repackaging of information that is customizable in content and presentation, with three different lighting modes.

Elegance mode shows an amber light, the Eco-Meter displays an echo in the left side of the box and consumer information and the light turns to green when driving is efficient, and how performance is shown in red tone with a tachometer in the center that replaces the speedometer of the other modes and an indicator informs the driver how much power is available and how much is being used.

And on top of the center stack screen 5 to 7 inches, depending on the options chosen, provides multimedia information systems and configuration of some devices, such as City Safety and Pedestrian Detection.

On the drive, the version tested corresponds to the basic and most reasonable range, given the performance during a long trial of over 2,000 kilometers.

It is equipped with the 1.6 diesel engine 115 horsepower, one of the engines developed jointly by Ford and PSA when Volvo belonged to the first (now the Swedish brand is owned by Chinese automaker Geely).

With this engine, achieves a performance Volvo official fuel consumption figure of 3.6 liters and 94 grams of CO2 per kilometer, an excellent brand in the real world, with a varied driving, city and highway, rises to just over 5 liters. Contributes to low consumption, no doubt, the start-stop system Start and Stop.

With fuel prices like this, this is the smartest option, enriched by very agile dynamic performance, the engine and the whole set.

This engine, characterized by metallic sounds very quiet on display here. It is very well insulated interior, perhaps better than road noise invades the living environment of the V40. The engine sound may disappear in cruise regimes.

The 1.6-liter engine provides adequate performance for everyday driving, without sacrificing the agility to roll at high rates. Not a prodigy accelerations but stopwatch times are more than enough to move without complexes between cars much more powerful.

The version tested is equipped with six-speed manual gearbox rather staggered that does not need constant use to retrieve performance because almost 300 Nm of torque delivery and engine starting at 1,750 rpm save many Forex trading.

The manufacturer offers the Power shift dual-clutch box, a possibility still unproven but already used in some Ford models shown as the most interesting dynamic performance and fuel consumption.

Everything is packaged on a proven chassis dynamic efficiency, because it is a derivative used for the Ford Focus, Volvo evolved.

The frame belongs to that class of select designs that create the sensation of rolling on rails when it comes to them in curved paths.

The steering, electric assist, exhibits a good fit and is responsible for giving direct orders are fulfilled very faithfully for the front, which makes quickly place the rear creating that unique feeling of grip to the line of the curve.

Volvo V40 can go very fast in steps per curve is very consistent and straight, with a very balanced suspensions adjustment and firm, the reason perhaps generates more road noise in the front.

Overall, the Volvo V40 is comfortable driving a car from the ergonomic point of view and very safe from the dynamic driving sensations equivalent to the finest of its competitors, regardless of electronic driving aids and extent of their security systems.

With an emphasis on design and, above all, security, V40 is set to head the segment of high-end compact, unless note the value of the brand, because at this point of Volvo far, although increasingly, Audi, BMW or Mercedes Benz.

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2012 Volvo C30

Volvo revised trim levels for 2012 Volvo C30, added the Premier and Platinum for both options, namely C30 and C30 T5 R-T5. Volvo's trademark vertical taillights and front fascia that resembles the Volvo XC60 crossover. Volvo is not sacrificed comfort for performance, even in a sport-tuned R-Design.

The new front styling for 2011 Volvo C30 both complement the unique styling of the rear of the car. C30 uses front-wheel drive. Torque steer, felt through the steering wheel as the pull slightly to one side under hard acceleration, both examined, impressive for front wheel drive car with more power.

Slow steering and steering wheel is traditionally a big part of the Volvo driving experience. Model R-Design allows more road feel through the steering wheel and a sharper response. Premier Plus trim adds power glass sunroof, electric front seats, LED daytime lights and aluminum inlays for the dashboard. The new Platinum trim upgrades including Premier Plus along with a memory driver's seat, navigation system and premium 10-speaker surround-sound audio system with satellite radio.

As part of a sporty coupe, the hatchback was carved, the Volvo C30 in 2012 succeeded in attracting the cutting edge, more performance minded and style-conscious. Styling cues typical for R-Design includes color-coordinated exterior trim,
Special front grille design, blue-faced gauges, metallic interior trim, sport pedals
, Leather seats, the C30 Climate package - which includes heated front seats, electronic climate control, washer lights and rain-sensing wipers - can be added to each trim level. The front-wheel-drive 2012 Volvo C30 is supported by a 2.5-liter turbocharged inline-5 that produces 227hp and 236 pound feet of torque. Six-speed manual transmission is standard, and five-speed automatic with manual shift is an optional function.

Telescopic steering wheel helps accommodate drivers of all sizes. The trademark Volvo floating center stack design is the central element. R-Design upgrades to cloth FlexTech striking combination of black with leather seating surface of the creme. In both models provided full leather upholstery. Front seats have lots of headroom and leg rooms are good, although very high drivers may wish for more seat travel. Steering wheel tilt / telescoping help drivers adjust the driving position is comfortable and appropriate.

The rear seats are fairly easy to access and offer a decent space. Rear-seat leg room is good unless the front seats far back and the end of the room under the front seats abound. The rear seats fold to create a flat floor with a load of 20.2 cubic feet of easy access to room’s kargo. EPA-estimated fuel economy checks in at 21 mpg city/29 mpg highway and 24 mpg combined for the manual, and automatic ratings are 21 mpg / 30/24.

2012 Volvo C30 standard with antilock disc brakes with brake assist,
Stability control
Traction control
Front seat
Side airbags
Full-length side airbags curtain
Front seats with whiplash protection.

There is no model Volvo has reached back and modernized part of Volvo's design heritage quite as successful as the C30, which in some ways to find inspiration from the early 1970s sports car 'shooting brake' Volvo 1800ES. The 2012 C30 is an IIHS Top Safety Select, with the top 'excellent' ratings in all tests the organization, and rear obstacle detection system, blind spot system, and lane-departure warning systems are all available.

If we'd been stunned and overwhelmed Volvo S60 TTA silhouette racing cars for the Swedish championship, the TTA - Elite Racing League, not least we will be surprised with the presentation of final Polestar Volvo S60 in your body for street sports sedan . Obviously has little or nothing to do with each other, the first is based on architecture of the central rear engine and mechanical specifications and common shared by several manufacturers. But nevertheless there is no doubt that this model recovers the legacy of the competition to demonstrate the value of the manufacturer of Gothenburg.

The next weekend the TTA will close to the Volvo headquarters, marking the perfect occasion to present the new Volvo S60 Polestar, a street model the result of close collaboration that has continued in recent years the Swedish team and Volvo. Although currently we have to be cautious, as only be presented as a prototype that we hope to reach however see in showrooms soon.

Although Volvo is looking to launch a sports sedan based on the S60 in a position to compete with models with a long history as the BMW M3, the decision will be based on the success of this initial prototype. It is important to note that the prototype Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept 2010 was a success and although many potential buyers were interested in him, has not yet reached or even throw in a limited series.

For now we will settle for knowing that next weekend will unveil the new Volvo S60 will Polestar and the aggressive side to appreciate the little progress that Volvo has given us these days. Count with a characteristic blue body and an aesthetic that at least takes the aesthetic features of the racing sport that is competing this year in the TTA.

Volvo has confirmed that it will bring the Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid to market in 2012.
All other hybrids sold come with gas engines. The 2012 Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid has an estimated range of 1200 kilometers or 750 miles. At Volvo Car Corporation, work on the V60 Plug-in Hybrid progresses in parallel with development of the Volvo C30 Electric, which a runs entirely on electricity. The third leg in Volvo Car Corporation's electrification strategy is empowering the upcoming engine generation with hybrid technology.

Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid

The future electric-car market will feature a mixture of both all-electric cars and plug-in hybrids. The rear axle is powered by an electric motor producing 70 horsepower. The compact battery pack of the 2012 Volvo Plug-in Hybrid consists of 10 modules with 20 cells in each module. The interaction between diesel and electric power is handled via a control system. In hybrid, the diesel engine and electric motor interact to provide the optimal balance between driving pleasure and low environmental impact.

 Developed in partnership with Swedish utility company Vattenfall, the new Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid promises mileage of 124 mpg on the slightly more generous European combined cycle when equipped with a diesel engine. The turbo diesel engine drives the front axle and the electric motor drives the rear, meaning the Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid is also an all-wheel drive vehicle.

 “No industry or organization can tackle the climate challenge all by itself. It is our mission to develop carbon dioxide-lean cars, but it is the society that is responsible for creating a sustainable future. This project shows how cooperation between experts in different areas brings us closer to the transition from individually carbon dioxide-lean products to a climate-smart lifestyle,” says Stefan Jacoby, President and CEO of Volvo Car Corporation.

“With a plug-in hybrid the driver is entirely independent of recharging stations when driving long distances. The future electric-car market will feature a mixture of both all-electric cars and plug-in hybrids,” says Stefan Jacoby.

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Depress two (2) vertical tabs on the face of the radio. This will cause tabs to spring out. Carefully pull on tabs to remove radio from cavity. Let radio hang to left, resting on protective towel. (Do not disconnect wiring) . STEP 2. Remove climate control by inserting your hand inside radio cavity, grasping climate control from behind, and gently push out using a up and down wiggle motion. NOTE: These clips can be hard to release. Four (4) clips will be released two (2) on top and two (2) on bottom. Push out completely and set aside. (Do not disconnect wiring). STEP 3. Locate the flat spot on the right side of the climate control cavity. Place Pro.Fit VSM® to the rear of flat area in cavity and use marking pen to mark holes using the Pro. Fit VSM® as a guide. Set Pro.Fit VSM® aside. Using 5/64” drill bit and drill, drill pilot holes. STEP 4. Install the phone holder onto Pro.Fit VSM®. Align Pro.Fit VSM® with pilot holes. Insert and tighten the provided screws. (MAKE SURE SCREW HEADS ARE FLUSH WITH MOUNT) ! STEP 5. Re-install the climate control making sure the clips hook and lock the climate control back into place. Reinstall radio.Locate the three control knobs on the climate control. Remove the two outside knobs by grasping them firmly and pulling towar you. Set the knobs aside. Behind both knobs locate two Torx screws. Remove the screws using the Torx driver. Set the screws aside. Insert the hook tool inside and behind one of the control knob holes and pull toward you. This will remove the front section of the climate control from its cavity. Disconnect all wiring and set the unit aside.

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